Jan McNulty Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 The Ballet Retreat New Dates for 2017 The Ballet Retreat London, 29th - 30th of April 2017 The Ballet Retreat Leeds, 26th - 28th of August 2017 The Ballet Retreat London 29th - 30th of April 2017 A two day ballet retreat weekend at the modern studios of Rambert Dance Company on the Southbank London. Enjoy two intense days of dance with David Paul Kierce and Georgina Roberts both ex Northern Ballet dancers and then spend your bank holiday Monday recovering! Full tuition, live pianist, world class facilities and teachers and lunch on both days for £209 Joining The Ballet Retreat Team We are thrilled that Georgina May will be joining The Ballet Retreat team. Georgina is the full time classical ballet teacher at Rambert Dance School, London and is a quailfied pilates teacher practicing at the Alan Herdman Pilates Studios. Georgina was a Soloist with Northern Ballet for 10 years where she created roles such as Ophelia in Hamlet and Sleeping Beauty in A Sleeping Beauty Tale, she trainned at the Royal Ballet School from the age of 11 and enjoyed much critical acclaim during her stage career. We are so pleased she is joining the team alongside David, Hannah and Gavin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 Website links: http://shoutout.wix.com/so/7LcKixxz#/main http://www.theballetretreat.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihaveantlers Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Does anyone know what sort of level this would be? It seems almost fated that I go to the London one of these (as I'm in London to go to the Opera House on Friday and haven't booked my ticket back until Monday) but I'm concerned that I won't be able to keep up. I know it says beginner upwards but I always worry that beginner doesn't really mean beginner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Does anyone know what sort of level this would be? It seems almost fated that I go to the London one of these (as I'm in London to go to the Opera House on Friday and haven't booked my ticket back until Monday) but I'm concerned that I won't be able to keep up. I know it says beginner upwards but I always worry that beginner doesn't really mean beginner! That is a good question but the fact they talk about 'beginners' and 'beginners -improvers' classes from other professional practice suggests that it may well be suited to beginners - but there;s no real calibration ( hell there isn't for the kids doing grades between the different awarding bodies - see numerous threads)... how 'high' or 'low' the ultimate answer would be to drop them a message and ask. (looking at their site it sounds like a really good course, starts counting pennies) Edited February 14, 2017 by mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Leeds one getting closer ... and patience pays off ! i think the lesson especially for the Leeds august bank holiday date is to book early , fortunately for me i've got ap lace off the waitlist . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 I thought I'd copy a couple of the posts over from the Simply Adult thread. I would be great if more people who attended could tell us about their experiences. Thanks mph for your posts. Extract from Michelle Richer's post: "I think Gamzatti's variation is being used by the lucky dancers attending The Ballet Retreat." MPH said: "You are correct about La Bayadere and The Ballet Retreat, the female rep was Gamzatti's variation and the male rep was the Coda ... TBR is an absolutely fabulous event , biggest problem that Hannah and David have is finding Spaces ( such a lovely lovely experience to basically have the run of Northern's fabulous Building this weekend ) and also Hannah's timetable given her current post and roles ... A generally held sentiment among those who hae attended TBR is that more often would be good, and even some longer events .... " Extract from LinMM's post: "Absolutely love Northern Ballet studios such a well designed building best I've attended so far .....including London studios ....and have attended David's classes at Central before when I first returned to ballet a few years back now and they were just what I needed .....worked hard but with great humour he is a lovely teacher for Adult ballet. I would like to have a go at one of these retreats before it gets too late!! So may give it a priority next year." MPH said: "Lin absolutely I thought we had fun in class where I usually take class, but David takes it to another level, especially with the advantage of a real pianist for class. watch TBR's website for new dates as they are released. the Northern Ballet building is fabulous - a 30 *15 metre studio space on the ground floor - how to feel like you haveplenty of space even if there are nearly 50 people in class ( slightly fewer number of people on the retreat as participants, but warm ups/ cool down , morning class and the Mystery taster ( Amaury Lebrun taking a class on Gaga Technique ) had some of the 'staff' as participants ... also throws a whole new perspective into turning and jetes as part of centre work in class ... i don;t think many people who attended this August's TBR will forget pose turn , pose turn , chaine-chaine-chaine-chaine, pose turn, pose turn chaine-chaine-chaine-chaine in a hurry and still having space at the end of the studio to run off ... I don't think the ladies ( barring our 'honorary boy' Liz) got to see the other studios but they are 15 *15 m with high ceilings ( the 'boys' got to see those as we used one for one of our rep sessions ... " Source thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Two more dates are now shown on the Ballet Retreat website: London: 25-26 November 2017 Leeds: 06-07 January 2018 https://www.theballetretreat.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Many thanks for this info Jan have just got in touch with them for more info about the London one in November ....could be my 70th birthday treat! Would love to go to Leeds as well but am planning a trip there in December to see Northern Ballet Liittle Mermaid and to hopefully attend a couple of classes at Nothern Ballet studios again .....so January date a bit too close to that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted August 30, 2017 Author Share Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, LinMM said: Many thanks for this info Jan have just got in touch with them for more info about the London one in November ....could be my 70th birthday treat! Would love to go to Leeds as well but am planning a trip there in December to see Northern Ballet Liittle Mermaid and to hopefully attend a couple of classes at Nothern Ballet studios again .....so January date a bit too close to that. Find it hard to believe you are approaching 70 Linda!! I'd had you down as early 60s... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 Thankyou very much Janet..... flattery will get you everywhere!! Partly doing ballet ( I think) but probably mostly genetic Janet!! Im actually a bit nervous about hitting 70 in fact as its the age my mother died and she looked young for her age too and did yoga regularly etc ....it was all pretty sudden within a year! ....So no guarantees I'm afraid. Ive sort of decided that next year (2018) will be my last year of performing but will still try to keep up the ballet and doing workshops like this one!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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